As cold and flu season approaches, we all know the drill—grab some tissues, hand sanitizer, and maybe get a flu shot. But there’s another health threat that doesn’t make the headlines: fungal infections. We’re used to hearing about viruses and bacteria and the diseases they cause, but fungi are often overlooked. The truth is, severe fungal infections can be deadly—and doctors have only a limited number of treatments to fight them.
In this edition of A Few Minutes With, Dr. Karen Norris, the Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Immunology and Translational Biomedicine at the University of Georgia, joins James Hataway to discuss her pioneering work to develop the first vaccine designed to prevent fungal infections.
She explains why fungal infections deserve far more attention, why they’re so difficult to combat, and how her team’s research could transform the way doctors protect vulnerable patients.
